Chiral induction in photochemical reactions. 14. : Linear free energy relationships as an instrument for the prediction of either de values or conformation energies of the auxiliary in the diastereoselective Paternò-Büchi reaction.

To value a stoichometric asymmetric synthesis it is important for a synthetic chemist to gain information about those structural elements of a chiral auxiliary which are responsible for high diastertomeric excesses in a particular reaction. Furtheron it is desirable to have detailed knowledge about the mechanism of the chirality transfer. In this paper an empirical relation is formulated for the correlation of structural variations of a chiral auxiliary and its influence of the diastereomeric excess in the photochemical oxetane formation in correspondance to the Ugi/Ruch concept. For this purpose we use a Linear Free Energy Relationship (LFER) which we have adjusted to reaction (2) in order to obtain quantitative information about the selectivity of this reaction on the basis of special parameters of the auxiliary applied.